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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 6
Message ID: 16
#16, RE: Scifi or Fantasy
Posted by Astynax on Apr-10-01 at 12:31 PM
In response to message #10
>I'm gonna have to go primarily with fantasy here. There are some
>stories that delve farther into the sci-fi area, but one of the things
>I associate with sci-fi is social commentary. Generally speaking that
>isn't found in UF (although, I think thats a good thing as I get
>pretty bored with social commentary quickly).
>

I'd say it's a pretty even mix, sci-fi/fantasy wise. Mecha, space ships, etc sorta plant you in sci-fi, but a lot of things are really fantastical <or outright fantasy items, like Hyrule{or however it gets spelled} or Asgard>

As for commentary, yeah, not a whole lot of social commentary, but I'd cast a vote for a chunk of personal commentary, things that deal with individuals rather than society as a whole <some of the Exile stuff gets a bit philosophical about death, vengence, etc>. But then again, I think that's why I like it. There are enough people saying what's wrong with society, or how it could be better, not too many dig deeper, into the people that make up the society <dunno if the eyrie crew actually intended to get that deep, but sometimes it happens anyway;)>

-={(Astynax)}=-
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